When expectation
is fulfilled
there is no
surprise.
When expectation
is violated
there is
surprise
and frustration.
When hope
Is realized
there is
surprise
and gratitude.
When hope
is unrealized
there is no
surprise.
Tag: Surprise
To Re-Spect
The word respect
is made of
re and spect.
Re as in “anew,”
Spect as in “to look.”
Interestingly enough,
a popular Korean phrase
“다시 보다,”
—which literally means
“to look again,”—
figuratively means
“to see something
or someone
anew
due to the unexpected revelation
of something worthy
of appreciation.”
p.s: Thanks to Connie Crawford, for having been the first person to have directed my attention to the roots of the word “respect,” back in 2011.